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Quantity Surveyor
GSP
Source: Headcount Labs · original listing ↗
Job data: Headcount Labs, ODbL 1.0. Job descriptions belong to their employers.
Source date: 11/4/2026
About this role
If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further! * Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will work alongside the contract delivery team to ensure the profitability, cash management, cost control and accurate reporting of all schemes. Your role will require you to: * Undertake weekly cost to complete/budget reviews with the contract delivery teams * To ensure draft/outline CTCs are completed via communication with Project Managers * Maintaining deadlines in line with the monthly commercial calendar * Attend internal and external commercial review meetings * Ensure commercial challenge at all times to contract delivery teams * Upload documentation as and when necessary, in line with business requirements * Review weekly site records including allocation sheets and site diaries – providing feedback and advice where appropriate * Attend project handover meetings * Negotiating with suppliers and subcontractors * Attend site progress meetings * Produce management information required and take responsibility for the accuracy of information (Provisions, Cash flows, Applications, etc.) * Manage Risk Registers identifying project risks, opportunities, and value engineering opportunities * Work in conjunction with the contract delivery teams to ensure the budgets are not exceeded * Management of commercial aspects with the client including Compensation Events/Variations, Extension of Time and Completion request etc * Ensure that the contract delivery team are briefed and have sufficient commercial support to monitor and react to budget variances * Maximising value and minimising cost, ensuring that appropriate controls are in place to monitor and manage the operating cost base * Ensuring that cash flow is maximised including ensuring that payments are received on time * Preparation of monthly financial performance reports * Working with the contract delivery teams to manage project performance * Manage the commercial aspects of subcontract accounts from procurement to interim and final account agreement * Preparation of and assistance with the evaluation and submission of claims from Subcontractors for Compensation Events/Variations * Final account negotiation achieving the best possible outcomes * We operate a team ethos across the Business Unit and strive to assist colleagues in the execution of their duties where this is appropriate and brings added value. The Quantity Surveyor is responsible for the following in this respect: * Ensure that the group commercial policies are adhered to and that the requirements of legislation are met * Manage commercial performance against business targets and KPI’s * Working with the commercial and operational teams to strive for continuous improvement * Promote a culture of integration, continuous improvement, and use of best practice across the client base * Using key lean tools to drive efficiencies and reduce waste * Encourage and support the delivery of successful collaborative planning with the contract delivery teams * Commitment to their own professional development, and that of others across the Business Unit * Other tasks appropriate to the role of Quantity Surveyor, as identified by the Commercial Manager Behaviours Aureos expects all employees to conduct themselves in a safe professional manner, applying the following key behaviours across all aspects of their work. 1. Trust and Respect * We act with integrity and treat everyone with respect. * We have an open and honest working environment in which everyone contributes effectively * We deliver on our commitments and support others across our team to deliver on theirs 2. Accountability and decision making * We ensure responsibilities are clearly defined and fulfilled, and that performance is managed fairly. * Everyone knows what is expected of them and how their job fits into the bigger picture * We include the right people in the right conversations, making decisions in an effective and timely manner; we take accountability for our actions and ownership of the outcomes 3. Communication and Engagement * We are a high performing, collaborative team of effective communicators. * We willingly share information across the team to the benefit of all ● When communicating, we provide clarity and seek feedback to ensure understanding 4. Constructive Challenge * We are open to challenge and welcome diversity of opinion. * We welcome the opinions of others, even when they differ from our own * We challenge in a constructive and professional manner to promote success 5. Improvement and Innovation * We challenge the status quo to find better ways of working. * Everyone in the team proactively shares ideas without fear * We learn from successes and mistakes to promote continual improvement Whether you are looking for progression in your new role or for your forever job, we will happily welcome your application. Equal Opportunities Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. Aureos is a multi-disciplinary energy and transport networks specialist engineering services provider, spanning the design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and crisis response of critical infrastructures across power, renewables, nuclear decommissioning, railways, highways and local government sectors.